The University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory and Wolfson College, Cambridge organised a meeting as a tribute to Professor Karen Spärck Jones, who died on 4 April 2007.
The event was held on Wednesday 4 July 2007, and included lunch in Wolfson College, followed by an afternoon of short talks covering the work and achievements of Professor Karen Spärck Jones, held at the Computer Laboratory.
ProgrammeProfessor Andy Hopper, Head of the Computer Laboratory |
Professor Martin Kay, Department of Linguistics, Stanford University |
Professor Stephen Robertson, Microsoft Research, Cambridge |
Rachel Hand, Curatorial Assistant for Anthropology, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology |
Professor Wendy Hall, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton |
Professor Stephen Pulman, Computing Laboratory, University of Oxford |
Professor Yorick Wilks, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield |
Dr David Hartley, formerly Director of the Cambridge University Computing Service |
Photos by Simon Moore